{"id":4440,"date":"2021-03-02T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2021-03-01T19:53:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:53:33","slug":"why-did-the-u-s-postal-services-performance-decline-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/why-did-the-u-s-postal-services-performance-decline-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did the U.S. Postal Service&#8217;s performance decline last year?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"660\" data-attachment-id=\"4442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/why-did-the-u-s-postal-services-performance-decline-last-year\/usps-2020-delivery-performance-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"832,660\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1-300x238.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1.png 832w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS-2020-delivery-performance-1-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hauled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before it and spent the better part of five and a half hours denouncing him.<br>In part, majority Democrats were politicking \u2014 &#8212;they rehashed their calumny that DeJoy was a Trumpy mephistopheles who plotted to steal the election by delaying mail-in ballots. Of course this was nonsense&#8230;.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/politics-and-public-opinion\/why-did-the-us-postal-services-performance-decline-last-year\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hauled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before it and spent the better part of five and a half hours denouncing him.In part, majority Democrats were politicking \u2014 &#8212;they rehashed their calumny that DeJoy was a Trumpy mephistopheles who plotted to steal the election by delaying mail-in ballots. 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